Stroke prevention and therapy awareness in a large sample of high school students: results of an educational campaign in the Northern-Western Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People often ignore the usefulness of stroke prevention, the typical onset symptoms, and the efficacy of the new therapies. In order to attempt to correct this situation, we performed a wide educational campaign addressed to students of high schools in Liguria and Piedmont Italian regions.

Method

The campaign consisted in two phases: (1) compilation of a simple questionnaire on stroke, followed by a scientific lecture on the disease, distribution of didactic materials, and final open discussion; (2) re-filling and sending by participants of the same questionnaire for the statistical evaluation of the improvement of stroke awareness.

Results

The global initial percentage of wrong answers (number of subjects 2,264) was 33.4%: (A) stroke general knowledge 23.5

SUBMITTER: Gandolfo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9463663 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature